Improvement in apparatus for refining petroleum



nr.'|1.-TuizN|aR.v -App.aratus^fo`r Refining Petrpleum.- No.154y453o'-Patented Aug.25,18174.

THE GRAPHIC C0. FKUTB-LITHES VH PARK PLAEJLY.

i UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN D. TURNER, OF YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF FIVE-EIGHTHS HIS RIGHT TOWILLIAM BUSHELL, EDGAR W. WHITNEY, AND HENRY J. TROWBRIDGE, OF SAMEPLAGE-AND THEODORE W. ARMS, OF PHILA- DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FCR REFINING PETROLEUM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,430, dated August25, 187.4; application filed January 23,l 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN D. TURNER, ofthe city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented an Improved Apparatus for the Treatment ofPetroleum, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates t0 the treatment of petroleum oils for thepurpose of depriving them of their odorous and explosive properties byatomizing the oil through the agency of steam. The invention consists inthe combination of a perforated steam-coil with steam and oil atomizersarranged Within a refiningchamber, and connected With Van outside oil'-heating vessel or tube, substantially as hereinafter described,wherebyall the obnoxious odors and explosive or ashing principles of the oilare absorbed and the oil generally improved for illuminating and otherpurposes.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of an apparatus constructed in accordanceWith my invention, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section thereof on the line mx.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

A is the refining chamber or vessel, intol which the petroleum issprayed, and,-WhileV thus cut up or divided, is mingled with steam, thatforms such an intimate relation or union with the oil, when the latteris in the condition of aline spray, as to readily absorb the n odorousand flashing principles of the oil, and

to generally improve and refine it. The oil is introduced, together witha`- small supply of steam, through-one or more spraying devices oratomizers, B,-similar to `those employed by me in other apparatus fortreating spirits and other purposes.

The oil to betreated is first introduced into a close vessel or tube, C,arranged on the outside of or around the vessel A, and heated by' ajacket, b, into which steam is introduced by a pipe, c, through a mainsteam-pipe, D, from a boiler, another branch, d, serving to convey steamonto the top of the heated oil in the vessel B for the purpose offorcing or expelling it Vthrough the pipes c of the atomizers, and tosupply a certain portion of steam, by branches f, to the outside pipesofthe atomizers, through which latter said steam escapes, along With thesprayed oil, into the vessel A. As, howA ever,this supply of steam wouldnot be sufficient to effect the necessary absorption from .the oil, anadditional supply of steam is introduced Within the vessel A by aperforated coil, E, connected, by a branch, t, with the pipe D.

The pipes or branches c, d, and t should each be provided with acock toregulate the supply of steam through it; and the pipes c may besimilarly provided to regulate the discharge of oil. y

After the sprayed oil has been treated as described, it collects,together with any Water of condensation, in the bottom of the vessel A,and may be readily drawn off by a cock or otherwise, While the Water ofcondensation is run oft', from time to time, by another and lower cock.The more volatile particles of the oil may pass oli' with escapingsteam, either to the atmosphere by pipe from the upper portion of thevessel A, or be conducted to and through a condenser, or through asuccession of condensers, to prevent Waste of any valuable principles.

The combination of the perforated steamcoil E with the steam and oilatomizers B, the refining-chamber A, and the oil-heating vessel or tubeC, substantially as shown and described.

REUBEN D. TURNER.

